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J842. 

1853. 

1859. 

J859. 

J889. 


Thk  Amoy  Mission,  China,  1842, 


Missionaries. — Revs.  P.  W.  Pitcher,  and 
Hobart  B.  Studley. 

Medical  Missionary . — Rev.  J.  A.  Otte, 

M.D. 

Assistant  Missionaries. — Mrs.  Talmage, 
Miss  M.  B.  Talmage.  Miss  K.  M.  Talmage, 
Mrs.  Pitcher,  Miss  Cappon,  Miss  Zwemer, 
Miss  Morrison,  Miss  B.  N.  Duryee,  and  Miss 
Calkoen. 

P.  O.  Address  for  all,  Amoy,  China. 

In  America.  —  Rev.  and  Mrs.  Daniel 
Rapalje,  Rev.  and  Mrs.  B.  W.  Kip. 

Stations,  4;  out-stations,  41;  churches,  12; 
communicants,  1315;  contributions  in  1898, 
16,165. 

Native  Pastors,  12;  unordained  helpers,  30. 


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Two  Boys’  Schools,  on  Kolongsu,  middle 
aiid  primary,  have  112  scholars. 

Three  Girls’  schools,  have  114  scholars. 

The  Theological  School  was  suspended 
during  the  year. 

Parochial  Schools,  19  ;  scholars,  303. 

The  number  of  patients  treated  in  two 
hospitals  and  one  dispensar}"  at  Amoy  was 
i3>847- 

During  the  year  Hope  Hospital  (on  the 
Island  of  Kolongsu),  w^as  completed  and 
dedicated  with  appropriate  services. 

The  Woman’s  Hospital  erected  with  funds 
contributed  by  friends  in  the  Netherlands, 
was  also  completed  and  both  are  now  filled 
with  patients. 

The  Neerbosch  Hospital  at  Sio-Khe  was 
still  without  a  resident  physician. 

The  weakness  of  the  missionary  force  is 
apparent  from  the  small  number  of  mission¬ 
aries  on  the  field.  The  number  has  not 
been  so  reduced  since  1882. 

New  missionaries,  however,  have  been  ap¬ 
pointed  as  follows  :  Dr.  C.  Otto  Stumpf  and 
Miss  Eleanor  Barwood  to  the  Sio-Khe  sta¬ 
tion  and  hospital.  Miss  Angie  M.  M3^ers, 
M.D.  for  medical  work  in  connection  with 
the  Mission  and  Miss  Louise  Brink. 

These  have  all  been  secured  and  appointed 
through  contributions  or  pledges  of  mone}^ 
in  addition  to  the  regular  appropriations. 


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The  work  of  the  churches  was  scarcel}' 
less  prosperous  than  during  the  previous 
year.  The  total  number  added  to  the 
churches  on  confession  was  128.  The  net 
increase  in  communicants,  however,  was 
but  II,  owing  chiefly  to  the  large  number 
of  deaths  from  plague  and  fever,  78  having 
died  during  the  year.  It  is  surprising  that 
with  such  losses,  or  so  little  gain,  the  contri¬ 
butions  should  show  anincrease  of  nearly  28^. 

It  is  manifestly  impossible  that  this  wade 
field,  with  its  more  than  two  millions  of  in¬ 
habitants,  should  be  properly  cared  for  and 
supplied  with  the  preaching  of  the  Gospel, 
or  its  churches  and  village  communities 
visited  and  looked  after,  by  so  small  a  force. 
Double  the  number  would  not  really  meet 
the  requirements  of  such  a  field. 

The  Arcot  Mission,  India,  1S53. 

Missionaries. — Revs.  Jared  W.  Scudder, 
D.D.,  Palmaner;  Jacob  Chamberlain,  D.D., 
Madanapalle;  John  Scudder,  D.D.,  Vellore; 
John  H.  Wyckoff,  Thidivanam ;  Louis  R. 
Scudder,  M.D.,  Ranipettai;'EzQ.'k\el  C.  Scud¬ 
der,  Arni;  Lewis  B  Chamberlain,  Madana¬ 
palle;  Janies  A.  Beattie,  Chittoor;  Henry 
Huizinga,  Ranipettai;  Henr}^  J.  Scudder, 
Vellore;  and  Mr.  William  H.  Farrar,  Arni. 

Assistant  Missionaries. — Mrs.  J.  W.  vScud- 


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der,  Mrs.  J.  Chamberlain,  Mrs.  John  Scudder, 
Mrs.  J.  H.  Wyckoff,  Mrs.  L.  R.  Scudder, 
Mrs.  B.  C.  Scudder,  Mrs.  L.  B.  Chamber- 
lain,  Mrs.  J.  A.  Beattie,  Mrs.  H.  Huizinga, 
Mrs.  H.  J.  Scudder,  Mrs.  W.  H.  Farrar : 
Miss  J.  C.  Scudder,  Palmaner;  Miss  M.  K. 
Scudder,  Ranipettai;  Miss  Bizzie  von  Bergen, 
3Iadanapelle;  and  Miss  Louisa  H.  Hart, 
M.D.,  Ranipettai. 

In  America. — Rev.  and  Mrs.  William  I. 
Chamberlain. 

General  P.  O.  Address. — Madras  Presi¬ 
dency,  India.  Particular  stations  as  given 
above. 

Native  Pastors,  12;  other  native  helpers — 
male,  208;  female,  115.  Total,  335. 

Stations,  7;  out-stations,  150;  churches,  24; 
communicants,  2,304;  contributions,  $2,310. 

Village  schools,  156;  scholars,  4,828. 

Sunday  schools,  156;  scholars,  4,621. 

Girls’  Board  Schools,  3;  at  Chittoor,  Rani¬ 
pettai  and  Madanapalle;  scholars,  193. 

Boys’  Boarding  Schools,  5;  at  Arni,  Mada¬ 
napalle,  Tindivanam  and  Vellore,  and  the 
Theological  Seminary  at  Palmaner.  Total  of 
students,  376. 

The  Arcot  Mission  College  at  Vellore  had 
1,004  students  at  the  close  of  i8q8.  This 
number  has  since  been  greatly  diminished 
on  account  of  the  panic  about  the  plague. 


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At  the  hospital  and  dispensary  at  Rani- 
pettai,  12,882  patients  were  treated  and  781 
surgical  operations  performed. 

The  year  has  been  in  some  respects  a  try¬ 
ing  one.  Famine  and  famine  prices  for 
food  produced  great  distress,  which  was  re¬ 
lieved  toward  the  end  of  the  year  by  copious 
rains.  Succeeding  the  famine  came  the 
cholera  and  afterward  the  plague.  The 
entrance  of  the  latter  caused  a  degree  of 
fright  approaching  panic,  which  interfered 
greatly  with  both  educational  and  evangelis¬ 
tic  work. 

Notwithstanding  these  hindrances  the 
Mission  reports  progress  in  almost  every 
particular.  The  Rev.  Henry  Huizinga  has 
been  able  to  devote  his  entire  time  and 
strength  to  evangelistic  work.  A  large 
amount  of  such  work  has  also  been  done  in 
the  villages  by  the  helpers,  by  the  students 
in  the  boarding  schools,  by  Christian  En¬ 
deavor  Societies  and  the  Gospel  Extension 
Societies  of  the  natn^e  churches.  Including 
the  work  carried  on  by  Bible  women  and  in 
the  zenanas,  the  Gospel  was  preached  or 
spoken  75,275  times  in  26,476  places  to 
804,480  hearers,  and  51,824  tracts,  mostly 
hand  bills  were  distributed. 

The  number  of  churches  remains  the 
same.  Three  new  pastors  have  been  ordained. 


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making  12  in  all.  The  number  of  communi¬ 
cants  is  2,304,  a  net  gain  of  96.  But  223,  or  a 
little  over  10^  of  the  previous  membership 
were  received  on  confession  during  the  year. 

The  contributions  amounted  to  Rs.  4,169^ 
an  increase  of  Rs.  387,  or  about  10^  over  the 
previous  year.  This  is  the  more  remarkable 
because  of  the  distress  prevailing  during 
most  of  the  year. 

The  Convention  of  the  Christian  Kndeavor 
Societies  of  South  India  was  held  at  Vellore 
in  August,  1898,  in  which  104  societies  with 
2,422  memoers  were  represented.  A  pro¬ 
cession  numbering  about  600  marched 

through  the  city  of  Vellore  with  banners 

and  music  on  the  last  day  of  the  Convention. 
Most  of  the  stations  report  valuable  services 
rendered  by  the  Christian  Endeavor  Societ¬ 
ies. 

Thk  North  Japan  Mission,  1859. 

Missionaries. — Revs.  James  II.  Ballagh, 
Yokohama;  E.  Rothesay  Miller,  Morioka; 
Eugene  S.  Booth,  Yokohama;  Howard 

Harris,  Ichhwseki;  Frank  S.  Scudder, 

Nagano;  and  Prof.  Martin  N.  Wyckoff,  vSc. 
D.,  Tokyo. 

Assistant  Missionaries. — Mrs.  Miller,  Mrs. 
Booth,  Mrs.  Wyckoff,  Mrs.  Harris,  Mrs. 
Scudder,  Mrs.  Jennie  D.  Schenck,  Miss  M. 


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Leila  Winn,  Aomori;  Miss  Anna  cleF. 
Thompson,  Yokohama;  Miss  Mary  De3^o, 
Ueda;  Miss  Julia  Moulton,  y'okohama. 

General  Address. — Japan. 

Stations  occupied  by  missionaries,  7;  out- 
stations  and  preaching  places,  17. 

Native  pastors,  6;  other  native  helpers, 
men,  16;  women,  15.  Total,  37. 

The  Church  of  Christ  in  Japan  with  which 
our  Missions  are  connected  numbers  70 
churches,  of  which  23  are  self-supporting. 
The  total  membership  is  reported  to  be 
10,010,  but  the  number  is  probably  larger. 
The  contributions  of  the  Japanese  Christians 
for  the  year  1898,  were  1:30,296.12  silver. 
All  the  churches  formerly  connected  with 
our  North  Japan  Mission  belong  to  the 
Church  of  Christ,  and  during  the  last  year 
only  two  with  516  communicants  were  con¬ 
nected  with  our  own  Mission.  At  present 
there  are  no  organized  churches  under  the 
Mission’s  care  or  receiving  aid  from  it. 
Among  those  established,  and  until  recently, 
either  in  whole  or  in  part  supported  by  our 
Mission,  are  some  of  the  largest  in  the  em¬ 
pire,  but  they  can  no  longer  be  reported  as 
belonging  to  us. 

In  the  Meiji  Gakuin,  or  Christian  college, 
74  students  were  reported  as  belonging  to 
the  Academical  Department,  or  16  more 


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than  a  year  ago.  Of  the  whole  number,  21 
were  professing  Christians,  and  6  were  bap¬ 
tized  during  the  year.  This  department  has 
now  come  into  connection  with  the  School 
system  of  the  city  of  Tokyo,  thus  securing 
certain  privileges  for  its  students  without 
any  interference  with  or  departure  from  the 
Christian  conduct  and  character  of  the 
school.  This  arrangement  has  been  made 
in  the  hope  of  securing  a  larger  number  of 
students,  which  hope  seems  to  be  already 
realized  to  some  extent.  The  Theological 
department  had  13  on  its  roll.  Five  were 
graduated,  2  from  the  regular  and  3  from 
special  courses. 

The  Ferris  Seminary  has  not  yet  recov¬ 
ered  from  the  losses  sustained  by  reason  of 
the  changes  made  last  year.  It  reports  42 
scholars,  of  whom  15  are  Christians  and  7 
were  baptized  during  the  year.  Eight  of  the 
scholars  were  candidates  for  baptism.  The 
renewal  of  the  primary  department,  it  is 
hoped,  will  enable  the  school  to  report  larger 
numbers  for  the  year  to  come 

A  new  station  was  opened  in  the  summer 
of  1898,  by  Rev.  H,  Harris,  at  Ichi-no-seki, 
with  f9.vorable  prospects,  Mr.  Harris  being 
freed  from  his  work  in  the  Academical  de¬ 
partment  of  the  Meiji  Gakuin  by  the  return 
of  Dr,  Wyckoff  from  this  country. 


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The  vacancies  occasioned  by  the  death  of 
Dr.  Verbeck  and  the  return  of  Dr.  Poppen 
to  this  country  have  not  yet  been  filled. 

The  evangelistic  work  carried  on  by  the 
ladies  has  also  suffered  from  the  loss  of  Miss 
Brokaw.  On  the  other  hand  Miss  Harriet  J. 
Wyckoff  has  been  added  to  their  number. 

Thk  South  Japan  Mission,  1859. 

Missionaries — Revs.  Henry  Stout,  D.D., 
Nagasaki;  Albert  Oltmans,  Saga;  Albertus 
Pieters,  Nagasaki; 

Assistant  Missionaries. — Mrs.  Stout,  Mrs. 
Oltman,  Mrs.  Pieters,  Miss  Sara  M.  Couch, 
Miss  Harriet  M.  Lansing  and  Miss  Anna  K. 
Stryker. 

General  Address. — Japan. 

In  America. — Rev.  and  Mrs.  H.  V.  S. 
Peeke. 

Stations  occupied  by  missionaries,  3;  out- 
stations  and  preaching  places,  15. 

Native  pastors,  3;  other  native  helpers, 
men,  17;  women,  2.  Total,  22. 

Four  churches  with  318  communicants. 

With  the  return  of  Dr.  Stout,  his  wife  and 
daughter,  the  entire  force  was  on  the  field 
at  the  close  of  the  year.  Since  that,  how¬ 
ever,  Mr.  Peeke  has  been  obliged  to  leave 
Japan  and  return  to  this  country  on  account 
of  his  health. 


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While  there  has  been  no  growth  in  the 
membership  of  the  churches  but  rather  a 
decline,  yet  the  outlook  seemed  hopeful; 
self-support  on  the  part  of  the  churches  had 
received  a  new  impulse;  an  interesting  work 
of  Christ  was  going  on  at  Oita,  on  the  east 
coast,  and  generally,  more  Bible  reading, 
more  listening  to  good  instruction,  more 
prayer  on  the  field  than  ever  before  seemed 
to  have  characterized  the  year.  The  new 
chapel  at  Nagasaki,  was  secured  and  opened 
after  much  effort  and  many  disappointments. 

The  Theological  department  of  Steele 
College  remained  suspended  during  the 
year.  In  the  Academical  department  70 
students  were  reported.  The  sad  conduct 
of  some  of  the  Christian  students  led  to  their 
expulsion  and  had  an  injurious  effect  upon 
the  religious  interests  of  the  school.  To  aid 
students  needing  help  to  support  themselves, 
an  industrial  department  has  been  added  to 
the  school  without  expense  to  the  Board. 
The  Sturges  Seminary  reported  54  students, 
of  whom  27  were  boarders.  Four  of  the 
boarders  were  received  into  the  church  dur¬ 
ing  the  3^ear. 

Rev.  Charles  M.  Myers  has  been  appointed 
to  Steele  College  as  a  teacher  of  English. 


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The  Arabian  Mission,  1889. 

(Adopted  by  the  R.  C.  A.,  1894.) 

Missionaries — Revs.  James  Cantine,  Mus¬ 
cat;  Samuel  M.  Zwemer,  F.R.G.S.,  Bahrein; 
Fred.  J.  Barny,  BusraJi;  George  E.  Stone, 
Muscat. 

Medical  Missionaries — H.  R.  Lankford 
Worrall,  M  D.,  Busrah;  Sheldon  J.  Thoms, 
M.D.,  Bahrehi. 

Assistant  Missionaries. — Mrs.  Zwemer, 
Mrs.  Barny  and  Mrs.  Thoms,  M.D. 

General  Addi^ess — Via  Bombay.  Open 
London  Mail. 

Under  Appointme7it. — Rev.  Harr}^  J. 

Wiersum. 

The  Mission  Occupies: — 

1.  The  Busrah  Vilayet:  area,  50,000 
square  miles,  or  about  the  size  of  New  York 
State;  population,  700,000. 

2.  Bahrehi  Isla^ids  afid  Adjacefit  Coast: 
area,  undefined;  population,  300,000. 

3.  Oma7i:  area,  undefined;  population, 
500,000. 

This  5^ear  completes  a  decade  in  the  his¬ 
tory  of  this  Mission.  It  has  been  sadly 
afflicted  in  the  death  of  Rev.  Peter  J. 
Zwemer,  who  had  returned  on  furlough  and 
for  the  restoration  of  his  health,  which  had 
become  greatly  impaired.  He  died  in  the 


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Presbyterian  Hospital,  New  York  City,  on 
Oct.  i8,  1898,  to  the  great  grief  of  the  Board 
and  those  associated  with  him  in  the  work 
of  the  Mission. 

On  the  other  hand,  large  additions  were 
made  to  the  force,  the  Rev.  and  Mrs.  S.  M. 
Zwemer  being  accompanied  on  their  return 
to  the  field,  by  the  Rev.  George  B.  Stone 
and  Miss  Margaret  Rice,  who  became  Mrs. 
Fred  J.  Barny.  In  October  the  force  was 
still  further  increased  by  the  addition  of 
Dr.  Sharon  J.  Thoms  and  Mrs.  Marion 
(Wells)  Thoms,  M.  D. 

For  the  first  time  the  Mission  is  able 
‘  ‘  truthfully  to  say  we  have  enough  mis¬ 
sionaries  to  occupy  our  three  stations  on  the 
coast.”  The  eyes  and  plans  of  the  Mission 
will  now  be  directed  to  the  interior  and  the 
Church  should  prepare  for  the  advance 
which  is  sure  to  be  made  as  the  way  opens* 

The  return  of  Mrs.  S.  M.  Zwemer  has 
made  possible  the  renewal  of  work  among 
women,  and  the  addition  of  Mrs.  Barney 
and  Mrs.  Thoms  will  make  this  extension 
possible.  So  far  as  experience  goes  no  hin¬ 
drance  has  as  yet  been  made  to  such  work. 

Mr.  Harry  J.  Wiersum,  a  graduate  of  Hope 
College  and  Princeton  Seminary,  has  been 
appointed  to  fill  the  vacancy  occasioned  by 
the  death  of  Rev.  P.  J.  Zwemer. 


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The  number  of  patients  treated  in  the  dis¬ 
pensaries  at  Bahrein  and  Busrah  was  4,157. 

The  total  number  of  missionaries  under 
the  care  of  the  Board  in  all  the  Missions, 
including  those  now  under  appointment 
and  intending  to  proceed  to  their  respective 
fields  this  summer  is  as  follows:  Ordained 
missionaries  31,  unordained  5  (of  whom  3 
are  physicians);  married  women,  31;  unmar¬ 
ried,  24;  in  all,  91. 

The  following  table  shows  the  condition 
of  the  Missions  up  to  Dec.  31,  1898  : 


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GENERAL  SUMMARY,  1898-1899. 


CHINA 

INDIA 

NO. 

JAPAN 

so. 

JAPAN 

ARABIA 

'  TOTAL 

Stations . 

4 

7 

7 

3 

24 

Out-stations  and 

Preaching  Places. 

4.1 

150 

17 

15 

2 

225 

Missionaries,  or- 

dained . 

6 

II 

5 

4 

4 

30 

Missionaries,  7mo7-- 

dained . 

I 

1 

2 

4 

Assist.  Missionaries 

mari'ied . 

5 

12 

6 

4 

3 

30 

Assist.  Missionaries 

unmarried . 

7 

4 

7 

4 

22 

Native  ordained 

ministers . 

12 

12 

6 

3 

Other  native  Help- 

ers,  me7t . 

30 

208 

16 

17 

II 

282 

Native  Helpers, 

W07nen . 

I 

115 

^5 

2 

133 

Churches . 

12 

24 

§2 

4 

42 

Communicants . 

1315 

2304 

516 

318 

4453 

Received  on  Confes- 

sion,  in  1898 . 

128 

223 

28 

20 

399 

Seminaries,  boys'.. 

2 

4 

I 

J 

I 

9 

Scholars . 

II2 

340 

74 

70 

18 

614 

Seminaries,  girls' .,. 

3 

3 

I 

I 

8 

Scholars . 

114 

193 

42 

54 

403 

Theological  Schools 

°  I 

I 

I 

°  1 

4 

Students .  . 

36 

13 

49 

Sunday  Schools, . . . 

156 

37 

22 

215 

Scholars . 

462 1 

1650 

274 

6545 

Day  Schools . 

19 

156 

2 

177 

Scholars . 

303 

5832 

30 

65 

Hospitals  and  Dis- 

pensaries . 

+  3 

I 

2 

6 

Patients  Treated. . . 

131847 

12,882 

4^57 

30,886 

Native  Contribu- 

tions* . 

$6,165 

$2,310 

$770 

$742 

$9,987 

*A11  contributions  in  silver.  °  Temporarily  sus¬ 
pended.  -f  One,  at  Sio-Khe,  closed.  §  Aided  during 
part  of  the  year,  but  now  separate  from  the  Mission. 
The  same  is  true  of  the  other  Churches  formerly  re¬ 
ported.  But  all  are  connected  with  the  “  Church  of 
Christ  in  Japan,”  and  many  of  them  self-supporting. 


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COMPARATIVE  SUMMARY,  1858-1899. 


1858. 

1868. 

M 

00 

CO 

1888. 

1898. 

1899, 

* 

Stations . 

Out-stati  on  s 
and  Preaching 

6 

10 

II 

II 

22 

24 

Places . 

Missionaries, 

3 

18 

49 

123 

241 

225 

men . 

Missionaries, 

8 

M 

16 

28 

36 

34 

fnar'd  worneti. 
Missionaries, 
unmar' d  worn- 

6 

12 

14 

21 

31 

30 

e}t . 

Native  Ordain- 

I 

7 

9 

20 

22 

ed  Ministers.. . 
Other  Native 

4 

6 

26* 

30 

33 

Helpers,  men. . 
Native  Helpers 

22 

76 

86 

173 

2II 

282 

women . 

2 

10 

47 

4": 

^33 

Churches . 

7 

13 

51 

47 

47 

*42 

Communicants 
B’ding  Schools, 
boys'  . 

297 

816 

1563 

4559 

5564 

*4453 

2 

I 

7 

10 

9 

Scholars . 

B’ding  Schools, 
girl^ . 

55 

40 

308 

517 

614 

I 

3 

5 

10 

8 

Scholars . 

Theological 

46 

97 

300 

456 

403 

Students . 

7 

19 

32 

61 

49 

Uay  Schools. . . 

6 

17 

44 

106 

201 

177 

Scholars . 

Hospitals  and 
Dispensaries.. 
Pat’ntsTreated 
Native  Contri- 

87 

413 

1 

15507 

1341 

I 

9673 

2612 

6059 

A 

18046 

6165 

6 

30886 

butions . 

It, 590 

$8,325  $ro  758 

*$9,987 

*  Loss  apparent,  not  real ;  due  to  the  separation  of 
Churches  no  longer  under  the  care  of  the  North  Japan 
Mission,  to  the  “Church  of  Christ  in  Japan,”  with 
which  they  are  enrolled  with  their  communicants  and 
contributions. 


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WHAT  THK  WORK  COSTvS. 

The  total  receipts  of  the  Board,  exclusive 
of  the  Arabian  Mission,  were  $115,548.02, 
Of  this  amount  $3,204.45  were  for  special 
objects  outside  of  the  appropriations,  leav¬ 
ing  $112,343.57  to  apply  on  the  appropria¬ 
tions.  Deducting  from  this  .  amount  the 
interest  received  from  the  Security  Fund 
$2,065  and  the  amount  of  legacies,  $5,327.24, 
the  sum  of  all  gifts  by  collections  and  per¬ 
sonal  contributions  was  $104,951.33.  Of  the 
receipts  stated  $29,022.27  Were  received 
from  the  Woman’s  Board  for  regular  work 
and  $1,153.40  for  special  objects,  making  a 
total  from  that  source  of  $30,175.67. 

The  receipts  of  the  Arabian  mission  were 
for  the  regular  work,  $8,606.27,  and  for 
special  objects,  chiefly  the  building  fund, 
$2,684.70,  making  a  total  of  $11,29034.  Of 
this  sum,  $897. 10  came  through  the  Woman’s 
Board.  If  this  amount  be  added  to  the 
receipts  of  the  Board  of  Foreign  Missions, 
the  total  of  receipts  and  contributions  for 
foreign  missions  for  the  year  will  be  found 
to  be  $126,838.36,  which  is  $2,500  more  than 
the  total  of  the  preceding  year. 

Expenditures.  The  expenditures  have 
been  as  follows:  For  the  Amoy  Mission, 
$21,832.65;  for  the  Arcot  Mission,  $43,133.59 
for  the  North  Japan  Mission,  $25,675.81  and 


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for  the  South  Japan  Mission,  ^20,143.84;  a 
total  for  all  the  missions,  except  the  Arabian 
of  $110,785.89.  For  interest  on  loans  there 
were  paid  $1,659.88,  and  for  other  home 
expenses  $8  676  10,  making  a  total  expense 
of  $121,208.87.  The  cost  of  administration 
was  7.23  per  cent  of  the  total  amount  ex¬ 
pended. 

For  the  Arabian  Mission  the  expenditures 
were  for  salary,  field  work  and  traveling  to 
and  from  the  field,  $12,876.72,  and  for 
home  expenses  $804.87,  making  a  total  of 
$13,672.59.  The  appropriations  for  1899  are 
$9,811.50. 

Added  Debt.  The  receipts  of  the  Board 
were  not  sufficient  to  meet  the  expenses  for 
the  year  by  $9,000.  It  has  been  repeatedly 
stated  that  the  very  least  sum  for  which  the 
missions  can  be  maintained  is  $120,000. 
For  1899  they  asked  for  $124,241,  exclusive 
of  all  home  expenses.  The  amounts  appro¬ 
priated  to  them  were  $92,376.  It  is  mani¬ 
fest  that  such  appropriations  are  utterly 
inadequate  and  that  so  long  as  they  con¬ 
tinue  to  be  made,  the  missions  will  continue 
to  suffer  as  thev  now  do  under  the  burden  of 
hurtful  and  painful  retrenchment.  There 
is  no  reason  either  in  the  character  and 
worth  of  the  work,  or  in  the  ability  of  the 
church  to  maintain  it,  why  this  should  be 
the  case. 


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What  The  Work  Wants. 

Assuming  that  the  Church  clings,  and  will 
cling,  to  its  reiterated  determination  not  to 
suffer  the  Board  to  give  up  or  seek  to  trans¬ 
fer  to  others  any  of  its  Missions,  the  situa¬ 
tion  seems  to  the  Board  to  demand: 

1.  Adequate  measures  for  the  removal  of 
the  debt. 

2.  Such  an  increase  in  the  regular  con¬ 
tributions  by  the  churches  as  shall  bring 
the  amount  fully  up  to  $120,000  without  ref¬ 
erence  to  bequests  or  interest  on  invested 
funds.  This  is  surely  not  too  much  to  ask 
for  the  support  of  a  work  such  as  ours.  It 
is  evident  that  nothing  less  will  suffice. 

3.  To  meet  present  needs  and  prepare  for 
coming  demands  there  should  be  improved 
methods  of  securiug  these  contributions. 
If  it  were  possible  to  introduce  some  effect¬ 
ive  organization  for  Foreign  Missions  into 
ever}^  Church  and  Classis,  similar  to  the 
Auxiliaries  and  Classical  Unions  of  the 
Woman’s  Board,  or  the  Societies  and  the 
Focal  Unions  of  Christian  Endeavor,  no 
doubt  the  cause  would  be  far  better  served 
than  it  is  or  can  be  now. 

4.  In  one  particular  line  a  great  advance 
might  easily  be  made  with  advantage  to 
contributors  and  the  work  at  large.  The 


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whole  number  of  missionaries  who  are  sup¬ 
ported,  or  have  their  support  pledged,  by 
societies  and  individuals  is  eighteen,  includ¬ 
ing  three  in  the  Arabian  Mission.  There 
seems  to  be  no  reason  why  this  number  may 
not  be  largely  increased,  and  thus  vacancies 
filled  and  needed  reinforcement  furnished 
to  the  missions,  in  addition  to  the  regular 
contributions  of  churches  and  individuals. 
Doubtless  the  donors  would  be  greatly 
blessed  in  the  doing,  and  a  new  inspiration 
given  to  the  churches. 

5.  Since  the  Son  Himself  is  not  to  have 
the  heathen  for  His  inheritance  and  the 
uttermost  part  of  the  earth  for  His  posses¬ 
sion  without  asking  for  it,  and  since  He  has 
put  the  petition  for  it,  “Thy  kingdom 
come,”  into  the  mouths  of  His  disciples, 
nothing  is  more  needed,  and  nothing  can  be 
more  distinctly  helpful  in  every  way,  than 
increased  and  constant  prayer.  The  observ¬ 
ance  of  a  single  Sabbath,  the  first  in  Novem¬ 
ber,  for  several  years  past,  for  the  presenta¬ 
tion  of  facts  and  principles  and  for  prayer 
respecting  Foreign  Missions,  has  undoubt¬ 
edly  been  productive  of  good,  and  would  be 
again.  Even  more  to  be  desired  is  the 
universal  revival  of  the  regular  monthly 
meeting  of  prayer  for  missions  in  both 
Church  and  Sunda3^-school.  Nor  will  the 


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full  measure  of  this  power  be  exercised,  nor 
its  full  benefits  received,  until  every  pulpit 
and  every  closet  becomes  a  place  of  per¬ 
petual  intercession,  for  the  salvation  of  lost 
men  and  the  coming  of  the  Redeemer’s 
kingdom. 


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